I waited over 2 weeks just to see my submission for Nordjarvi rejected for apparently having insufficient proof of their digital release or something to that effect. I resubmitted noting that the band's debut EP is available for sale on Apple Music, but I'm now again at the back of the submission queue. Could I possibly get a site mod to look at this again before I'm waiting another 2 weeks before someone reviews my submission again? Here are multiple links where the album in question is available:

I waited over 2 weeks just to see my submission for Nordjarvi rejected for apparently having insufficient proof of their digital release or something to that effect. I resubmitted noting that the band's debut EP is available for sale on Apple Music, but I'm now again at the back of the submission queue. Could I possibly get a site mod to look at this again before I'm waiting another 2 weeks before someone reviews my submission again? Here are multiple links where the album in question is available:

You'll have to wait in line like the rest of us. If it's really metal, it shouldn't take that long for it to be approved. Unless I'm mistaken, it usually only takes that long if the mods need to discuss whether or not it's actually metal.

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MisanthropicEvil wrote:

This album reeled me in with it's eye-catching album cover but vomited a whole load of musical diarrhea in my face as soon as I started listening! I would not even use this album to wipe my butt.

I waited over 2 weeks just to see my submission for Nordjarvi rejected for apparently having insufficient proof of their digital release or something to that effect. I resubmitted noting that the band's debut EP is available for sale on Apple Music, but I'm now again at the back of the submission queue. Could I possibly get a site mod to look at this again before I'm waiting another 2 weeks before someone reviews my submission again? Here are multiple links where the album in question is available:

You'll have to wait in line like the rest of us. If it's really metal, it shouldn't take that long for it to be approved. Unless I'm mistaken, it usually only takes that long if the mods need to discuss whether or not it's actually metal.

As previously stated, I already went through the line once. Also as previously stated, the issue was not whether or not the band is metal, but whether or not sufficient proof exists of their released material. Did you read my post before responding to it?

As previously stated, I already went through the line once. Also as previously stated, the issue was not whether or not the band is metal, but whether or not sufficient proof exists of their released material. Did you read my post before responding to it?

Of course I did. As a matter of fact, I had the same problem myself a few days ago. But of course, no band can get priority over another, no matter if it's been submitted before or not, and no matter the reason it was rejected.

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MisanthropicEvil wrote:

This album reeled me in with it's eye-catching album cover but vomited a whole load of musical diarrhea in my face as soon as I started listening! I would not even use this album to wipe my butt.

^ The riffs on that release seem metal enough to me. Poorly-produced, but metal enough anyway. Keeping in mind, too, they only have three short releases, so this split actually makes up a pretty decent chunk of their discography.

Just bumping this post I made about "Fuck the Devil".

Is this being reviewed? Like - should I continue bumping this post? I only ask because I've been bumping this post for several pages now and unless I missed something (could have, I don't know) it hasn't been acknowledged either way.

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Gonna say "no" with the initial listen of the first two songs, one song had barely any audible guitars and both have interludes of questionable length. As always with these Barsabarian Hill's types, I'll edit this post once it goes full streaming for a final answer.

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But all of them dim and fade 'cause the man named PDS has an other opinion....

Master_Of_Thrash wrote:

All I meant to say was that the band's name doesn't sound ballsy enough for me to listen to it

First off to the two dudes at the top of this page; no. Wait with everyone else, there is no magic wand or order in which we get to each band. There's also over 250 bands in the queue right now. These things take time, patience is a virtue.

A brand new 9 pure minutes of his usual brand of bass-powerchord filled blackened sludge/funeral doom (+ blastbeats), and a 3 minute ambient guitar outro.This is a much stronger majority metal-to-ambient ratio than his last works. I totally understand if he's rejected again on the same grounds of disputing the validity of the "metal," though I am personally hoping for a reconsideration on that point with this particular appeal.

I was informed that every new release could be used for an appeal, but if I'm told that I must cease repealing Crawl unless he drastically changes his sound or compositional style then I will obey and do just that.

Why was Human Varmint (https://humanvarmint.bandcamp.com/album/impending-death) deemed not metal? this songs were written for Linfogranulomatosis inguinalis which is on the site (not comparing bands but is worth mentioning) meaning they are in the vein of death metal / grindcore, more death than grindcore.

Rejection note says:

"Not a metal band; does not belong on Encyclopaedia Metallum. Please read (or re-read) our rules next time to see what qualifies as metal."

i know body count had controversy with the song "cop killer" but that was in response to the police assaults that were rising in L.A. at the time, so why are they "blacklisted" like they were convicted murderers or something?

i would imagine that was a lot of my older stuff, which i would even admit that is true.. things have picked up for me, especially as of lately. getting around to my recording program a lot more and eventually got the proper aggression out.. this is one of my recent releases, i am willing to even submit even more recent ones as well, which are all far from what i did before.

Sorry, this band has been blacklisted by the moderation and can no longer be submitted.If you think this is an error, please ask in this forum thread. Attempting to circumvent the blacklist is a bannable offense. Thank you.

Hello guys I got following error for my band "Pornthegore". We played in the early days Noisecore and were denied for Metal Archives but now we are playing Groovy Goregrind with Death Metal elements but we got that error. What to do? Is it possible to change the status from the blacklist?

I believe this to be ambiguous as well but ultimately more in the vein of unacceptable grind/noise/core tban rooted in death metal which is what we require. For a bit more info here your band was previously submitted and rejected, though not blacklisted, for ambiguous musical samples. Based on my feelings and another mod having previously rejecting this for the music i blacklisted it.

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I have repeatedly seen the famous Japanese band Dir En Grey blacklisted (even in the article about metalness). It is true that Dir En Grey was a visual kei band from around 1997 - 2005 and a nu metal band in 2007 (The Marrow Of A Bone Era), but the latest releases (Uroboros 2008/2012 remastered, Dum Spiro Spero 2011 and Arche 2014) are clearly metal (by 2007 they generally stopped with the visuals and by 2008 they became a progressive metal band). Particularly Dum Spiro Spero (2011) contains many elements from technical death metal.

Here are the different Dir En Grey Phases to clearly depict their transformation to metal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6K-9K2voHA (Song: Different Sense from Dum Spiro Spero - 2011: This clearly shows traits from technical death metal and many other metal genres. This song is from their heaviest album to date).

I hope this list of example demonstrates their change of sound in a clear way. If you want any other info regarding Dir En Grey, please tell me. In case the band still does not qualify as metal, please tell me why

Don´t understand why this this rejected my band for not bein "too" metal. Obviusly I am requesting in a polite way. I send an EP that was realized digitaly. We were influenced and covered too MAlmstenn and Dream Theatre. the most important thing you and every body in the forum to listen to if it is metal or not. Obvoulsy we do not sound as Dying Fetus or Cannibal Corpse.

The band's entire career has been assessed already, metalfan99. Please agree to disagree.

Ok I understand. Nevertheless, please take out the Visual kei branding on the metalness Page. I accept that they Sound too alternative/nu Metal to be considered true metal, but they clearly are not Visual kei anymore

I mean, Dir En Grey were one of the forefront bands for the modern Visual Kei scene. Even is they do their own thing, removing them would be like not mentioning Metallica in lists about the bay area theash scene.

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Shadechaser wrote:

But all of them dim and fade 'cause the man named PDS has an other opinion....

Master_Of_Thrash wrote:

All I meant to say was that the band's name doesn't sound ballsy enough for me to listen to it

I mean, Dir En Grey were one of the forefront bands for the modern Visual Kei scene. Even is they do their own thing, removing them would be like not mentioning Metallica in lists about the bay area theash scene.

Ok that makes sense I just thought that most people still call Dir En Grey Visual kei, because they haven't listened to the new stuff. I was wrong. To mention their Visual kei roots is completely logical Thanks for clarifying this